Brit Breaks Record With 59-0 Triple Jump At Salamanca Meet

Britain’s Jonathan Edwards broke the 10-year-old world triple jump record Tuesday, leaping 59 feet, 0 inches in the Salamanca Provincial meet in Salamanca, Spain.

Edwards, a bronze medalist in the 1993 World Championships, topped the previous mark of 58-11-1/2 set in 1985 by Willie Banks of the United States.

Last month, Edwards jumped 60-5-3/4 with an illegal tail wind in Villeneuve D’Ascq, France. The record leap came on the 29-year-old’s second jump with a tail wind of 1.8 meters per second. The legal limit is 2.0 mps.

The United States intends to bid for the 1999 track and field world championships, with Seattle and Palo Alto, Calif., possible host cities, said Ollan Cassell, executive director of U.S. Track and Field.